APEX BIOVENTURES ACQUISITION CORPORATION
APEX
BIOVENTURES
ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
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HILLSBOROUGH,
CA
94010
____________,
2006
To
Each of the Initial Stockholders
Listed
on the Signature Page Hereto
RE:
DIVIDEND SHARE REPURCHASE RIGHT
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
letter agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
being delivered to you in connection with the Registration Statement on Form
S-1
(File No. 333-135755) (as it may be amended and supplemented from time to time,
the “Registration Statement”) filed by the undersigned, APEX Bioventures
Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
on
July 12, 2006, relating to an initial public offering (the “IPO”)
of the
Company’s units (the “Units”).
Each
Unit is comprised of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001
per share (the “Common Stock”), and one warrant exercisable for one share of
Common Stock (each, a “Warrant”)
to be
underwritten by CRT Capital Group LLC (the “Underwriter”).
The
stockholders of the Company listed as “Initial
Stockholders”
on
the
signature page hereto (the “Initial
Stockholders”)
purchased an aggregate of 2,434,750 shares of Common Stock at an aggregate
purchase price of $25,000 (the “Purchased Shares”) and have received an
aggregate of 351,562 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in a stock
dividend on ____________, 2006 (such Common Stock is referred to herein as
the
“Dividend
Shares”;
the
Dividend Shares and the Purchased Shares are referred to collectively herein
as
the “Insider Shares”). The number of Dividend Shares held by each Initial
Stockholder as of the date hereof is set forth opposite such Initial
Stockholder’s name on Schedule I hereto.
In
order
to ensure that the Insider Shares collectively owned by the Initial Stockholders
constitute no more or no less than twenty percent (20%) of the Company’s
outstanding Common Stock immediately after the date on which the
Underwriter’s
option (“Over-Allotment option”) to purchase up to 1,406,250
Units to
cover
any over-allotments has been exercised in full or all or any portion thereof
has
expired or been terminated, the
parties hereto agree that the Company shall have the right (“Dividend
Share Repurchase Right”)
to
purchase, at a price of $0.0001 per share (the “Repurchase
Price”)
some
or all of the Dividend Shares in accordance with the terms, and subject to
the
conditions, set forth below.
I. Dividend
Share Repurchase Right.
A. Pre-Effective
Date.
The
Company shall have a Dividend Share Repurchase Right (but not the obligation)
to
purchase, at the Repurchase Price, all (but not less than all) of the Dividend
Shares upon determination by the Company’s Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, that such repurchase is in the best interests of the Company;
provided, that, such right must be exercised, if at all, by giving each Initial
Stockholder notice of the same at any time on or before the date as of which
the
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.
B. Post-Effective
Date.
In the
event that the Underwriter purchases less than all
of the
Option Units
that are
subject to the Over-Allotment Option, the Company shall have a Dividend Share
Repurchase Right (and obligation) to purchase, at the Repurchase Price, such
number of Dividend Shares from the Initial Stockholders as is determined in
accordance with Paragraph I.C. below, which right shall be exercised by giving
each Initial Stockholder notice of the same within two Business Days following
the date of the expiration or termination (other than by exercise in full by
the
Underwriter) of all or any portion of the Over-Allotment Option in accordance
with the terms thereof (“Expiration
Date”).
The
Dividend Shares determined to be subject to repurchase in accordance with
Paragraph I.C.
below
are
referred to herein as the “Repurchase
Shares”.
C. Repurchase
Shares.
The
total number of Repurchase Shares shall be equal to 351,562 minus 25% of the
number of Option Units purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to its
Over-Allotment Option, or:
Repurchase
Shares = 351,562 - (Option Units purchased x 25%)
The
portion of the total number of Repurchase Shares each Initial Stockholder shall
be obligated to sell to the Company upon exercise of its Dividend Share
Repurchase Right shall be proportionate to their respective ownership percentage
of Dividend Shares. All calculations resulting in fractional shares shall be
rounded up to the next whole share.
II. Escrow;
Settlement.
By the
Effective Date, each Initial Stockholder shall deposit the certificates
representing their respective Dividend Shares, together with a stock power
duly
endorsed in blank for up to the number of shares set forth opposite such Initial
Stockholders name on Schedule I hereto, with the Escrow Agent pursuant to
the
Stock
Escrow Agreement relating to the IPO, by and among the Company and the
undersigned (the “Stock
Escrow Agreement”).
If
the Company exercises its Dividend Share Repurchase Right, the Repurchase Shares
shall be transferred on the books of the Company and released to the Company
from escrow, pursuant to the Stock Escrow Agreement, and the Company shall
tender payment to each of the Initial Stockholders of the Repurchase Price
in
respect of their Repurchase Shares, within five (5) business days of the
Expiration Date.
III. Miscellaneous.
A. Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of Delaware.
B. Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding on each of the undersigned and its successors and
assigns.
C. Amendments.
This
Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by each of the
parties hereto.
D. Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement) constitutes the entire
agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and
written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
E. Execution
in Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be
an
original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been
signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties
hereto. Facsimile signatures shall be deemed originals for all purposes
hereunder.
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If
the
foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please sign the enclosed copy
of
this Agreement in the space provided below and return it to us.
Very
truly yours,
APEX
BIOVENTURES ACQUISITION
CORPORATION
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Name:
Title:
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Accepted
and Agreed by each of the undersigned
Initial
Stockholders of the Company as of the date
first
set forth above:
FOR
INDIVIDUALS:
Print
Name of Individual
Signature
FOR
ENTITIES:
Print
Name of Entity
Signature
of Authorized Signatory
Print
Name and Title of Authorized Signatory
SCHEDULE
I
Initial
Stockholder
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#
of Dividend Shares
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Percentage
of Total # of Dividend Shares
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X.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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89,738
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25.5255
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%
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
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22,887
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6.5101
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%
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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21,270
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6.050
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%
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Easton
Associates, LLC
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57,605
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16.3855
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%
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Invivos
Limited Partners
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53,064
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15.0938
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%
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Treasure
Road Partners Limited
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57,605
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16.3855
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%
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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21,270
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6.050
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%
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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28,125
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8.0000
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%
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